Antony Adopo wrote: > For users customers first. but we have to be able to personnalize a > maximum. about our different shops on different places. and i'm not good at > php > > I just want to add to Paul's answer, that if you need to handle PHP requests in Java this could interest you https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-4203
But it seems that you need more to convince your boss, and it's helpess for that, maybe to negotiate something Maybe the best is indeed to wait for http://www.cato-commerce.com/ For now it's a closed beta with select customers The demo exists but isn't there for a larger audience HTH Jacques Paul Piper wrote: > I would second the opinion that it absolutely depends on the purpose and more > importantly the size of the company. If the goal is to get an ecommerce > store up and running quickly magento is currently the better choice, as it > is easier to find proper themes for it. So if you have a limited budget and > are fine with the features magento offers, go for it. > > But that is where the benefits end. Having implemented several stores with > both magento or OFBizi must say that feature-wise OFBiz is superior. At > least once you replace the html and trim it down (as we did with > www.syracus.net). Magento hasn't been updated in recent years - in fact, > people are still waiting for version 2.0 to come out. If you actually do the > switch you will find that Magento is actually pretty buggy (give the product > csv import a go and you will see what i mean) and it isn't necessarily more > comfortable to deal with once set up. There is a SAAS based version of > Magento available, which isn't to expensive to use - if you want to give it > a try, I'd suggest to look at it there, and you'll see what i mean when I > say "buggy". On top, it is a php based software, so "combining" both will > result in you having to develop a webservice based API through which either > systems communicate. I can tell from experience that this isn't an ideal way > to handle any system and has severe limitations. > > So to summarize: Magento isn't a bad system and has its usefulness in > smaller-scale ecommerce setups. If you have to deal with more complex > business processes or want to modify the store beyond the themes, I'd > suggest to stick with OFBiz and rather look into a more modern webstorefront > (almost all agencies have one) and/or wait for www.cato-commerce.com to come > out, which will solve the problem of not having a nice interface for a > complex solution.
